Machine for weaving thatching



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n MACHINE PoR WEAVING THATGHING. No. 365,424.

Patented June 28, 1887.

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MACHINE POR WEAVING THATCHING.

/ No. 365,424. yPaventedJune 28, 1887.

Patnted June-28, 1887.

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MACHINE PoR WEAVING MATCHING.

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PATENT QEEICE.

on wAsH- MACHINEy FOR WEAVING THATCHING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 365,424, dated June28,1887.

Application tiled August 16, 186. Serial No. 211,007. (No model.) x

- BALEs and EDWARD GLARxsoN BALEs, citizens of the United States,residing at Washington, in the county of Washington and State of Kansas,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines forWeaving Thatching for Boofing'Purposes; and we do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

Our invention relates to the manufacture of thatching of straw, grass,Snc., for roofing purposes; and the object of our invention is toproduce a machine which shall rapidly and continuously bind the bundlesin proper form and in connected series and form them into rolls forconvenient handling and use.

To the above purposetour invention consists inithe peculiar and novelconstruction and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter described andclaimed.

In order that our invention may be fully understood, we will proceed todescribe it with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure l isa side elevation, partly broken out, of our improvedmachine.' Fig. 2 is a plan view of /the same. Fig. 3 is an end elevationof the same, looking toward-the righthand end of Figs. l and 2. Fig. 4is a deftached sectional view of a portion of the vhaving twojournal-boxes, d3 d4, in the former of which is set the hollow hub d ofa gearpinion, D.

. Upon the rear end of the hub da is secured a U-shaped casting, D', thearms of which serve as fliers and move rigidly with the gearpinion, ashereinafter described. At their extremities the arms D' are formed witheyes d, and eyes d' are also formed upon the outer sides of said arms,the purpose of these eyes being to guide the binding-wires, as shown.

E designates a gear-wheel, which. is journaled in the bearing d, and hasa handle, E',

by means of which the gearing is operated. The teeth of the gear-wheel Emesh with those of the gear-pinion D, and on its rear side thegear-wheel is provided with two pins or studs,

c, which engage alternately with the block D2,V

so as'to limit the movements of the gear; wheel to one-quarter of arevolution, the relative d1- `mensions of the gear-wheel to the pinionbeing preferably such that about a quarterrevolution of the .former willproduce a full revolution of the latter.

F2 designates a shaft, which extends horizontally beneath the trough G2,(to be hereinafter particularly described,) and the ends of which restin bearingsf'f', as shown. At its inner end the shaft Fl carries abellcrank, the arm F' of which is connected-by a link, h2, to the lowerend of a lever,- H, as shown at h3, said lever H' being fulcru med in abox, h, upon one of the frame-pieces c, before referred to. The otherarm, F, of the bell-'crank has fixed thereto at its outer end, at g, thelower ends of a pair of curved arms or fingers, G, to be hereinaftermore particularly described. The

outer end of the shaft F2 carries a crank-arm, Y

F3, the outer end of which carries a pin, f3, which works in aslottedguide-box, b, secured upon the front end of a lever, J', to behereinafter more particularly described.

G2 designates the trough before referred to, which is connected at oneedge to the upper/,front piece, B', and the opposite edge of .whichextends rearwardly over the cross-piece a', as at G3, in order toproperly support the thatching during its travel out of the trough. Alongitudinal plate, G4, is mounted upon the machine-frame contiguous toone end of the trough G2, and serves to even theend of the bundle ofstraw or other material while being bound. The fingers or arms G, beforereferred to, are curved, as shown in Fig. 1, so that ICO when thrownforward they shall lle closely upon the bottom of the trough, and whilemoving toward the rear of the machine they serve to retain the thatehingand guide it properly over the extension Gi. The trough G2 is slottednear the cross piece c', so as to admit the fingers G and permit theirproper movements, the latter bei ng accomplished by throwing the lever Hbackward and forward.

It designates a drum, which extends transversely of the machine at itsrear end, and is journaled at one end in a bearing, A, which is open, asshown at X, to permit of the removal ot' the drum when desired. At itsopposite end the drum R is detaehably connected to the hubjof aratchet-wheel, J, by a stud,j, which enters a corresponding socket inthe end of the drum. The outer side ofthe ratchet-wheel J is formed witha central boss, di, upon which the lever J is fulerumed, the said leverextending rearward beyond the periphery of ratchet J, and carrying atits rear extremity a weight, J '2, for` connterbalancing said lever. Twopawls, K/ K, are disposed oppositely, one upon thelever Jand the otherupon the framepiece A- at opposite points of the periphery of theratchet-wheel J, the pawl K serving to rotate said wheel and the drum Itas the lever vihrates, as hereinafter explained.

L L' designate the reels orspools from which the wire is taken, saidspools being mounted on a spoolshaft, g', which in turn is mounted inbearings f/l, (upon thc framepieces a.) The wires enter the hollow hub dand are acted upon by a guide-pulley, N, which is carried by au arm, N,as shown, for properly guiding the wire, said wires emerging obliquelyin opposite directions through holes in theinuer part of the hub andextending through the eyes in the arms, as before described.

In operating the machine, the lever H is thrown forward in thedirect-ion indicated by the arrow in Fig. 1, so as to throw the lingersG down upon the bottom ofthe trough, the arms D' heilig in the positionshown in Fig. l. The straw T, in the form of a wisp, is now placed inthe trough between the wires L2,

leading from the two arms D', and then thc fingers G are raised. Thenthe arms D are revolved to form the twist t, after which the fingers Gand arms D are returned to their original positions, the same operationsare repeated, and a new bundle is formed, as before. Each backwardmovement of the lever H, aeting through link h2, the bell-crank arm F,shaft F2, and crank-arm F", throws the lever J upward at its front endand downward at its rear end, and thus by the action of the pawl K uponthe ratchet J turns the drum R in the direction of the arrow in Fig. 2,so as to wind the thatehing upon said drum.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new therein, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of the hollow pinion having its ilier arms, thegear-wheel for driv ing the same, the trough for receiving the straw,the fingers or arms for feeding the same out of the trough, thebell-crank connected to said fingers, the lever for operating saidbellcrank, and the rod orlink connecting the lever to the bell crankarm, substantially as dcscribed.

2. The combination, with the machineframe and its slotted trough andtransverse plate G, of the operating-lever H, the shaft, with itsbell-crank F F and crank-arm F, the link h2, connecting the lever H tothe arm F', the fingers G G, connected to the arm F and working in theslots of the trough, the gear ll, the flier-arms D', and hollow pinionl), the studs c c upon the gear E, the windlass having theratchet-wheel, the lever carrying the pawl for moving said ratchet, andthe detent upon the frame, substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

ln testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

ALANSON HOVVA'RD BALES. EDlVARD CLARKSON BALES.

Witnesses:

D. M. EVANS, GEORGE E. Ross.

